Jaiz Bank gets training school

Jaiz Bank Plc has established a modern training school at Samaru-Zaria, Kaduna State, to strengthen the operations of the bank.
Alhaji Hassan Usman, the Managing Director of the bank, said this on Friday to newsmen at the inauguration of the institution.
Usman said that the school was design empower the capacity of its workers to ensure efficient and quality service delivery.
According to him, the bank is aspiring to be one of the top 10 commercial banks in Nigeria.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the training school was christened after the Chairman of the bank, Alhaji Umar Mutallab.
Usman, who was represented by the Deputy Managing Director, Alhaji Mahe Abubakar, said: “Jaiz bank is planning to launch itself from a tier less bank to one of the 10 top banks in Nigeria.
“Jaiz bank is already five years old, and we are into our second five years of existence, therefore, we have decided to have a five-year plan that will launch us to the top 10 banks, which is tier one.
“That entails moving about 25 folds from where we are presently and you don’t embark on that kind of ambitious journey without plans and without training.”
According to him, the training school was donated to the bank about two-three years back by the chairman and renovated by the bank to facilitate the attainment of set target.
He said the essence of the school was to prepare the staff for the ambitious plans for the year 2018 to 2022, adding that for a bank it is the only Islamic Banking Training School in the country.
He said: “However, there are other Islamic Banking Training Centres owned by universities, but for a bank this is the only one across the country.
“We are starting with over 30 trainees and hopefully we will train every member of staff of Jaiz bank in this academy, In-sha Allah.”
Usman said the bank was no longer a regional bank, stressing that Jaiz is licensed to be a national bank almost two years go.
He listed branches of the bank to include Port-Harcourt, Ibadan, Ilorin and Lagos.
He said: “In fact, in Lagos alone, we have four branches and we are planning to venture into the eastern region, we are targeting Enugu, Oweri, Onitsha and Aba.
“We are duly licensed to be a national bank and we are listed in the Nigerian Stock Exchange as a tier one commercial bank.
“Our goal is to be the leading non-interest bank not only in Nigeria but in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa, we want to lead in this model of banking in the whole of African continent.”
Usman appreciated the bank’s customers for their patience, support and cooperation, and assured them of sustained good plans and investment in training to give them the best services they could obtain anywhere in the world.
Hajiya Hadiza Bala, Head of Human Capital Management Division of the bank, said the trainees would receive two months intensive training.
She advised the trainees to avail themselves of the unique opportunity to acquire skills that would enhance their professional career for the good of the bank and the nation at large.
While assuring that Jaiz was not meant for Muslims alone, Hadiza also announced that the bank had over 100,000 customers and shareholders across Nigeria comprising Muslims, Christians and traditionalists.